The messenger went to the royal capital to ask for help. Vertices

Anthony deployed quickly to prepare for the unexpected.

The Tang army was powerful and terrifying, conquering cities in the east and destroying many powerful tribes.

Even, together with the Turks, Sasanian's former enemies, suffered a catastrophe when the Tang army raised troops to attack.

The Turks, the overlords of the steppe, have been wiped out.

The royal family was killed, and the tribes either descended to the Tang Dynasty or migrated farther west to avoid its edge.

Anthony sent an elite division to conquer the Tang army.

The Tang army was near the city of Talas, and completely annihilated the two elite Sassanids.

If the defense is not formed, if the Tang army comes in a mighty way and the soldiers come to the city, they will definitely die.

However, there were also many powerful generals in the Sassanid army.

Dissatisfied with Anthony's arrangement, it was believed that Anthony overestimated the combat capability of the Don Army.

First, Mulu City was extremely far away from Talas City, and it was impossible for the Tang army to travel a long distance, pass through the vast Gobi and desert, and lead the army to Mulu City to fight.

Second, Yeluqing, the Khitan prince, led 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers to lurk in the north of the city in order to get money and food, helping them fight.

On the other hand, the Tang Army, all the way to the west, was constantly fighting.

If you are tired of traveling, crossing the desert and the Gobi, and arriving at Mulu City, you are already exhausted.

Storming the impregnable Mulu City is like killing yourself.

Unfortunately, as soon as several middle-level generals showed slackness and dissatisfaction, they were eliminated by the Anthony law enforcement team, and their bodies were hung at the head of the city as an example.

The military order is like a mountain, and the corpse is in front.

No one in the Sassanid army dared to disobey Antony's orders and challenge Antony's authority.

In order to resist the Tang army's iron cavalry and inflict a blow on the Tang army, the Sassanid army, according to Anthony's request, dug trenches, traps, and buried thistles outside Mulu City.

In addition, Anthony issued an edict calling on the tribes from all over the world to come and assist them in the battle.

If the Tang army is severely damaged, half of the wealth in the city will be distributed to the tribal leaders, their taxes will be reduced, and they will be regarded as Sassanid people.

At the same time, Anthony warned the Quartet tribes that the Tang army was coming, and everyone would live and die together.

If you don't help him, you will be killed by the Tang army.

If he is inflicted, he will repel the Tang army, and the generals will wipe out all the tribes that stand by and watch.

Taken by Anthony's threats, or unable to resist the temptation of wealth.

Within a few days, the tribe received the news and sent back letters one after another, promising to help Antony Vatang.

For several days in a row, reinforcements arrived from all directions, but they were arranged outside Mulu City, close to the city, and ordered them to set up a formation to try to block the Tang army.

Many tribal leaders were dissatisfied with Anthony's decision to arrange them outside the city, and when Anthony sent people to bring money and food, the dissatisfaction of all the leaders disappeared in an instant, and they were willing to garrison outside the city.

More than ten days later, more than 100,000 stragglers were gathered near Mulu City, including the Sassanid army and Yeluqing's army, and Antony had already controlled nearly 300,000 soldiers.

Despite the impromptu patchwork and uneven combat capabilities of the various armies, the number of large armies still exceeded Anthony's expectations.

Anthony firmly believes that this elite defending the city, the Tang army will inevitably encounter a battle of annihilation.

In the vast grassland, Yang Yue led the Tang army on a difficult march.

For more than a month, the Tang army experienced deserts, Gobi, and grasslands, and encountered all kinds of dangers.

In the Tang Army, some people gradually doubted whether it was worth going to Muluchang after a long journey.

If you arrive in Mulu City, will you get a lot of money, food, and rewards as advertised by the imperial court.

Fortunately, after a lot of hardships, the Tang army gradually clarified the location of Mulu City, and in the end, chose to set up camp dozens of miles away from Mulu City.

At present, Yang Yue didn't know that Anthony was stationed outside Mulu City, let alone that nearly 300,000 elites had gathered outside Mulu City.

For so many years, Anthony controlled the trade routes leading to the east and west, levied heavy taxes on merchants along the way, and gathered the wealth of the rich and rivaled countries, almost all of which were hidden in Mulu City.

When the Tang Army received this money and food, it would make up for the supplies and replace the ordnance.

There is no need to turn back to Chang'an, but to continue westward and even wipe out the Sassanid Empire in one fell swoop.

In order to restore the fighting spirit of the Tang army, after setting up camp, Yang Yue issued an order to seize Mulu City, and each person was rewarded with thirty taels of silver.

In addition, the Don army was replenished, allowing the army to loot in the city for three days.

The Tang army, which was demoralized and fatigued, learned of Yang Yue's military order, and immediately became angry, eager to immediately attack the city.

Everyone knew that there was a lot of wealth stored in Mulu City, even more than the money and grain stored in the Turkic royal court.

If you capture a city, you will receive a reward of thirty taels of silver.

So much wealth is even more than they have earned in half their lives.

If you rob in the city, you will surely get a lot of money and food.

Once they receive this valuable reward, even if they are disarmed and return to the field, they will be able to live out their old age in peace.

After setting up camp, many Tang troops immediately expressed their request to Yang Yue to attack the city.

Yang Yue did not accept the suggestion of siege warfare, and ordered the three armies to be deployed on the spot, and the three armies rested.

In addition, Zhao Xuanhu was sent to arrange a large number of scouts to patrol the vicinity of Mulu City to understand the defense of Mulu City and the situation near the city.

After all, constantly marching, the Don army was exhausted.

It is urgently needed to recharge and recuperate.

What's more, Mulu City is far away from Chang'an, and it must not fight a battle that is uncertain.

If Anthony was outside Mulu City in advance and hid a large number of ambushes, when the Tang army attacked the city, it would be easy to fall into a deep crisis and there would be no way to retreat in time.

However, Yang Yue's cautious actions aroused the suspicion of many generals.

In particular, the king of Shu strongly persuaded Yang Yue to send an army to attack the city.

The king of Shu felt that the Tang army had traveled thousands of miles to Mulu City, but Yang Yue did not attack strongly, and sent scouts to reconnoiter the situation in all directions, which was too cautious and cautious.

As early as when they were marching west from Talas City, they had a preliminary understanding of the situation in Mulu City from the mouths of Clark and Arnold, and it was known that Anthony did not have many elites.

Surprise and attack unprepared.

Suddenly launched a surprise attack at night, Anthony, who was easy to fight, was caught off guard.

Easily capture Mulu City and get the richest wealth in the city.

Now, with the deployment of defenses outside Mulu City, the traces of the Tang Army are easily exposed, causing Anthony to be vigilant, and it will be difficult to surprise Mulu City again.

If Anthony arranges heavy troops, the Tang army may lose the opportunity to capture Mulu City.

However, Yan Yuefeng, Lin Kaiyue, Zhang Xuanheng, Zhao Xuanhu, Ye Qinghu and other generals supported Yang Yue's strategy of fighting steadily and step by step.

During the march in recent months, the Tang army was unstable and demoralized.

The more difficult it is, the less you can rush it.

lest expose the flaws and be-for-tat by Anthony, causing immeasurable consequences.

After all, the Tang army was far away from Chang'an, there were no reinforcements, and there were no adequate supplies.

If the front of the army is frustrated, the momentum of the three armies will become more and more depressed, and it will be difficult to regroup.

If you fight.

It's time to make overall arrangements for the whole situation.

The blade of the sword is unsheathed, and it will be overcome in one fell swoop, and it will never be troubled.